diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 136082a..8e0bc46 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -4,13 +4,16 @@ This is a build file for the
 from setuptools import setup, find_packages
 import os
 import sys
-from transport import __version__
+from transport.version import __version__,__author__
+# __author__ = 'The Phi Technology'
+# __version__= '1.8.0'
+
 def read(fname):
     return open(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), fname)).read() 
 args    = {
     "name":"data-transport",
     "version":__version__,
-    "author":"The Phi Technology LLC","author_email":"info@the-phi.com",
+    "author":__author__,"author_email":"info@the-phi.com",
     "license":"MIT",
     "packages":["transport"]}
 args["keywords"]=['mongodb','couchdb','rabbitmq','file','read','write','s3','sqlite']
diff --git a/transport/__init__.py b/transport/__init__.py
index cb22924..57c3f22 100644
--- a/transport/__init__.py
+++ b/transport/__init__.py
@@ -20,8 +20,7 @@ The configuration for the data-store is as follows :
 	mongodb
 		provider:'mongodb',[port:27017],[host:localhost],db:<name>,doc:<_name>,context:<read|write>
 """
-__author__ = 'The Phi Technology'
-__version__= '1.8.0'
+
 import pandas 	as pd
 import numpy 	as np
 import json
@@ -38,6 +37,7 @@ if sys.version_info[0] > 2 :
 	from transport import mongo as mongo
 	from transport import sql as sql
 	from transport import etl as etl
+	from transport.version import __version__
 else:
 	from common import Reader, Writer,Console #, factory
 	import disk
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ else:
 	import s3
 	import sql
 	import etl
+	from version import __version__
 import psycopg2 as pg
 import mysql.connector as my
 from google.cloud import bigquery as bq